88R6629 MAW-F
By: Hefner H.B. No. 1700
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an unauthorized vote by a delegate or alternate
delegate to a federal Article V convention; creating a criminal
offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 393, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 393.1035 to read as follows:
Sec. 393.1035. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A delegate or
alternate delegate commits an offense if the delegate or alternate
delegate knowingly casts an unauthorized vote.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(c) A judge granting community supervision to a defendant
convicted of an offense under this section shall require as a
condition of community supervision that the defendant submit to not
less than 10 days of confinement in county jail. If a sentence of
confinement is imposed on the revocation of community supervision,
the term of confinement served under this subsection may not be
credited toward completion of the sentence imposed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.